@article{b24b484850e248b194c719bd87c7ecf4,
title = "Renovating subsidized housing: The impact on tenants{\textquoteright} health",
abstract = "Many public and subsidized housing developments in the US are aging and in need of significant repairs. Some observers worry that their poor condition threatens the health of residents. We evaluated a recent renovation of public housing that was undertaken through the transfer of six housing developments from the New York City Housing Authority to a public-private partnership. We studied whether the renovation and transfer to private managers led to improvements in tenants{\textquoteright} health over three years, as measured by Medicaid claims. While we did not find significant improvements in individual health outcomes, we found significant relative improvements in overall disease burden when measured using an index of housing-sensitive conditions. These findings are not surprising. Given that broad-based housing renovations address a diverse set of health conditions, we should not expect them to have a significant impact on any single condition in the short run. Yet they may significantly improve residents{\textquoteright} overall well-being over time.",
author = "Ellen, {Ingrid Gould} and Dragan, {Kacie L.} and Sherry Glied",
note = "Funding Information: Early components of this analysis were shared at the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Sciences Conference in Washington, D.C., October 4, 2018; the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Conference in Washington, D.C.,November8,2018;the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Washington, D.C., June 4, 2019; and the National Conference of theAmericanRealEstateandUrban Economics Association in Washington, D.C., May 31, 2019. All of the authors were supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation through grants to Ingrid Gould Ellen (Grant No. 73119) and Sherry Glied (Grant Nos. 73216 and 75822). Ellen has received consulting fees from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Glied has received income from privately held real estate companies in Canada. This analysis used New York State Medicaid data. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the New York State Department of Health. The authors thankMaxwellAustensenandstaffat the NYU Furman Center for assistance with the subsidized housing renovation data and Dane Gambrell and Sarah Holder for their assistance with the research. Funding Information: Early components of this analysis were shared at the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Sciences Conference in Washington, D.C., October 4, 2018; the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Conference in Washington, D.C., November 8, 2018; the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting in Washington, D.C., June 4, 2019; and the National Conference of the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association in Washington, D.C., May 31, 2019. All of the authors were supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation through grants to Ingrid Gould Ellen (Grant No. 73119) and Sherry Glied (Grant Nos. 73216 and 75822). Ellen has received consulting fees from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. Glied has received income from privately held real estate companies in Canada. This analysis used New York State Medicaid data. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the New York State Department of Health. The authors thank Maxwell Austensen and staff at the NYU Furman Center for assistance with the subsidized housing renovation data and Dane Gambrell and Sarah Holder for their assistance with the research. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 Project HOPE— The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.",
year = "2020",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00767",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "39",
pages = "224--232",
journal = "Health Affairs",
issn = "0278-2715",
publisher = "Project Hope",
number = "2",
}